Monday, February 28, 2011

The poker world was stunned last week when Travis Makar, one of the people allegedly involved in the Ultimate Bet super user scandal, called into the DonkDown Radio show and revealed that he had a large number of documents regarding the site’s involvement in the scandal from years ago. Makar stated that he never worked for Ultimate Bet, but he obtained the documents through years of working on the computers of major players involved in the scam.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

The battle has begun in California over whether or not to follow New Jersey lawmakers and legalize online casinos. Two bills have already been proposed, with one calling for full online gambling, and the other limiting the Internet gambling to only poker. Senator Lou Correa has proposed Senate Bill 40, a proposal to regulate online poker, and allow only existing casinos or tribal casinos to operate the online gambling sites. The Santa Ana Democrat has the support of the Indian tribe’s.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Police have charged three men with running illegal poker games at two houses. Paul Klingbeil, of the 100 block of Thrasher Road, is scheduled to be arraigned today on a charge of illegal gambling, online court records show. His roommate, Robert Lee Richardson, 28, faces the same charge, and so does Galloway P. Martinez, of the 2400 block of Woodbaugh Drive, online court records show. Martinez faces an additional charge of aiding. Police spokeswoman Officer Dorienne Boykin said Thursday investigators on the case were not available for comment, and she did not provide information on the arrests.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Today I wanted to comment on the recent interview with Travis Makar and subsequent discussions.

Firstly, I want to make sure everyone knows that I never made an offer to pay-off Brainwashdodo and I never did pay or instruct any payment to be made to Brainwashdodo. It is true that he tried to blackmail our company by threatening to release a bunch of confidential company information including financial records and player data. However, after unsuccessfully trying to pursue him with the help of local law enforcement, I simply told him that I was unwilling to pay anything to him.

Phil Hellmuth, Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Johnny Chan, and several of poker’s biggest names joined a host of celebrities and NFL players for a charity poker tournament at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas over the weekend. The tournament was set up to raise money for the Starkey Hearing Foundation and Pros for Africa, a non-profit relief organization providing basic needs to the children of Africa

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Hi everyone, Scott Matusow here with you all! We are Make Poker Legal appreciate the support everyone has been showing us lately. Our main goal is to get some common sense real regulation for online poker, that benefits both the players and the sites. We strongly beleive all offshore online poker sites should become “onshore” in The USA, Licensed like any other corporation/Business, and regulated much in the way Nevada Casinos are regulated. We beleive in the right to due process and consumer protection, as well as the online sites rights as well to be protected from cheaters and scammers, with those cheaters and scammers, when caught, facing criminal and civil penalties. Same applies for any online poker site that might engage in the same activity.. We beleive in RNG audits by a federal regulating body, much like how The FAA audits the Airline industry to make sure they are compliant within the laid out regulations.

Monday, February 21, 2011

For the first time, one of the major players in the Ultimate Bet Superuser Scandal has spoken out about the case on a poker radio broadcast.

On Wednesday night, “The Cold Call Show” hosted by World Series of Poker bracelet winner Todd “DanDruff” Witteles and Bryan “The Icon” Micon on DonkDown Radio, featured an interview with a person who identified himself as Travis Makar. Makar was identified by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) investigation into the Ultimate Bet scandal as one of its conspirators. Although Witteles and Micon went to great lengths to confirm that the person they were speaking to was Makar, there is no confirmation that it was him.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

We are excited to announce that on February 14, 2011, we released the newest version of software in our poker room. You’ll know the update is installing when you log and see a semi-transparent bar across your video screen saying an update is about to be installed. The update will automatically download and install itself over the existing version of our software. It will only take a few seconds for the update to complete.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

A group of poker pros in Australia have been jailed after being accused of smuggling 21 kilos of high-grade cocaine into Australia on January 17th, The cocaine, worth about $4.2 million was smuggled inside of machine parts from Vancouver and followed to its source in Melbourne, poker pros David “zanderfish” Saab and Robert Reemeus, two of the highest-profile players in “the SAAB Squad.”

Sunday, February 13, 2011

A Utah man implicated in a $275 million scam victimizing consumers nationwide gambled away and lost millions of dollars at Las Vegas casinos and by playing Internet poker, investigators say. Documents newly filed in Las Vegas federal court by the Federal Trade Commission allege Jeremy Johnson of St. George, Utah, gambled away some of his money even after he was ordered by the FTC to preserve his assets because he had been targeted in an FTC investigation. The FTC says Johnson and his companies scammed consumers out of $275 million by luring them into obtaining trial memberships for bogus services and then repeatedly charging their credit and debit cards monthly fees for the worthless services.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Mike The Mouth Live” Will be the official new show name, formerly known as “The Mouthpiece.”

“matusowlive” is the Skype name to call in to from your computers! In order for us to accept your call, you MUST HAVE HEADPHONES!! Without Headphones, the feedback is just too great!! If we hear feedback from your end, we will assume you DO NOT have Headphones and will disconnect the CALL!! These are the rules for now, so please take note, thanks!

Thursday’s at 3 pm Pacific, 6 pm Eastern,(unless otherwise postponed due to Mike’s some times hectic schedule) Log on to interactive chat with Mike by choosing a user name @ www.makepokerlegal.com/radio choose The Room from the menu where you see “Mike The Mouth Live” Room and Schedule. Check for more info in our blog news posts here!

Bar and Owner Being Sued Over a Poker Tournament Brawl. LOL!! people get pissed when losing I guess!

(Illinois) – A Madison County man is suing a Collinsville sports bar and its owner claiming he was hurt when a fight broke out near him.

Edward W. Shea filed the lawsuit Jan. 28 in Madison County Circuit Court against Sharky’s Restaurant Sports Bar and its owner, Sherry R. Lutman. The owners of the building being leased by the bar, Vernon R. Dulaney, Yenoh Land Trust and Dulaney Enterprises Inc., are also named as defendants.

Alleged Cheaters Appear at a Poker Tournament Main Event and get their arses PWNED!

The European poker community once again was shaken by the appearance of one of the alleged conspirators of a cheating scandal that rocked the tournament world last year. Over the weekend at the Holland Casino Dom Classic, the Main Event was in full swing. According to reports, the €1,500 buy-in event was late into action on Saturday night when top pro Pieter de Korver noticed another player, Kadir Karabulut, seated at his table. After a bit of action on the felt, de Korver allegedly determined that Karabulut was up to some shenanigans not only on, but also around the table.